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    Completion Rate said:
    I know I've given him shit, but I really wish Kosi the best this evening... Prove us all wrong big fella!
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    I’m doing to do @Kav1 on this and say it’s getting a bit over the top. I am as harsh as the next bloke, but after 2 pages it’s a bit of a pile on.

    I hope Kosi kills it today. I think the conditions might suit him and Pompey. More bash and crash direct running, kicks will slow up faster etc.
     
    I understand the disappointment towards Ed being selected in the team list forum. But not sure what else AW was supposed to do given the 23 he named. Minimizing disruptions by keeping Pompey at centre and bringing Kosi in as a direct replacement seemed to be the obvious thing to do. Kosi is rocks and diamonds on defense but his work through the middle might actually be helpful in this game. Tigers also have some disruptions with Skleton dropping out. We can still win the middle battle with the named pack. I think Bunty will be help us shore up the middle defense, which is more important than ever in a game like today.
     
    Tohu’s_Knees said:
    Bunty should start, he may as well absorb all the shit at the beginning of the game and keep the better players fresh.

    I’d bring Erin off the bench to replace him. And bring some real intensity.

    Start 3 props vs 3 props.

    Bunty, Barnett and JFH vs May, Pole and Twal
    We win that battle imo
    And have a more impactful bench
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    I really like Clark starting. He sets our defensive line speed really well and it forces anyone who subs on to keep pace after.
     
    Canonball said:
    I think we've played much tougher opposition - that's my main hope for tomorrow, we're much more resilient for having gone against the raiders, manly and the chooks vs the knights, eels and dolphins
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    I really liked one point Webby made in the press conference after the Roosters game too. He mentioned how instead of getting frustrated that we're not scoring when we get in the red zone and doing dumb stuff we just go back into the system, keep building pressure and points will come eventually. Seemed like this happened a bit last year where we would drop off after not scoring points and then let off the pressure with a dumb penalty or offside at the beginning of opposition sets whereas this year we seem a lot better disciplined at not letting teams up the field easy.
     
    Can we stop fighting over who is better out of tohu & Clarke? One is premiership winner, international captain & one of the best ball player locks of all time. The other is a young, talented athlete who has 1 international cap to his name. It’s night and day.

    But irrespective of this, this doesn’t discount what Erin is currently producing. He’s punching above expectations, and that’s all we can ask for.

    Will he be a future elite lock? Probably not. Does it matter? Probably not. There’s no other player like tohu, that would come to the warriors so we need to stop the comparisons and accept our new direction.

    Erin Clarke is great, but he will never be Tohu. Nor does he need to, to be successful.
     
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    Had a good watch of chad's brakedown of the warriors v roosters game and thought i'd post my thoughts from the video here.

    • Apparently, we are one of the most deadly teams in the opposition 10, which is interesting.
    • We played with a really high completion rate and ground them down.
    • Something the Warriors did well—and that the roosters could learn from according to him—is straightening up our edges when a play isn’t working. For example, when attacking down the right-hand wing towards TT, if it's clear the play won’t work, they’d pull it back inside to Marata to straighten the attack. Instead of forcing the play and relying on individual brilliance or hoping for defensive errors, the warriors kept applying pressure and turning that into long won trys. Meanwhile, the Roosters tended to bet on making the play work no matter what.
    • Chad made 42 tackles—the most he’s ever made in a game. For comparison, Victor only made 41, while Wong, his edge back-rower, made 54. Chad was the Roosters’ third-highest tackler, which shows how well the Warriors ground them down. Fatigue makes it much harder to play, and we need to apply that same pressure on Api and Luai when we face the Tigers. If we wear them down early, we can dominate the last 20 minutes.
    • He also kept mentioning how hard it was because we constantly bombed into the corners, pinning their wingers inside the first 10 meters. That made it nearly impossible for them to start an attacking set in the red zone.

    Do give a geez at the analysis here. It's really interesting to get an educated take from a player who played in that game. Arugably one of the best sources for info on how the boys played last week.
     
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    tajhay said:

    WARRIORS TARGET SUPER LEAGUE YOUNG GUN​

    The Warriors have wasted little time trying to secure a Dylan Walker replacement after offering young English forward Morgan Gannon a long-term deal.
    It is understood the Warriors have put a three-year contract offer on the table for Gannon to consider who is in the final year of his deal at Leeds. At just 21, Gannon has already played more than 50 Super League games.
    Morgan Gannon. Picture: Instagram

    Morgan Gannon. Picture: Instagram
    He has made his comeback this year after missing the entire 2024 season to recover from concussion. Gannon suffered a concussion in a pre-season game in February last year and give his history opted to take a year off. He has successfully returned to the field this season prompting the Warriors to pursue him heavily.
    A host of Super League clubs are also keen to secure him.
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    Don't like that concussion history….
     
    JaggedJ said:
    Some of you are acting like your last GF broke up with you on compassionate grounds.

    We only got AFB to start with because of it, JFH, CNK too.

    If we started basing recruitment on "We don't want them to leave early" then we wouldn't have Egan, Barnett etc.

    Most of the guys we released early were released because we were happy with letting them go because they weren't in our plans.
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    Making an influential player like Dylan stay against his wishes can have terrible consequences for the rest of the squad.
    Best to part on reasonable terms and call it quits
     
    Some of you are acting like your last GF broke up with you on compassionate grounds.

    We only got AFB to start with because of it, JFH, CNK too.

    If we started basing recruitment on "We don't want them to leave early" then we wouldn't have Egan, Barnett etc.

    Most of the guys we released early were released because we were happy with letting them go because they weren't in our plans.
     
    It's difficult for me to track how things develop on this forum since I am in the US time zone. But why are we talking about TMM all of a sudden? Don't mess with the halves! They've been improving each week and should be given full faith and confidence until we start losing on a continual basis.

    As for the Walker issue, I think the answer is clear. Halasima subs for 13 (Erin). Bring in Laban. Having 3 forwards on the bench is important for our grinding game style. I might even think about starting Laban and moving Marata to the bench. Marata is a damaging ball runner who might be better utilized in limited spurts when bodies on the edge are getting tired.
     
    Ever Hopeful said:
    I think we are "good" in a lot of positions (hooker, fullback, top 2 wings). But "good" isn't enough to play with the big boys.
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    Codesports a couple of days ago did an approximate value of each teams squad down to value of each player in top 17 and how it compared to other teams. Warriors was in the bottom 3, after Dylans loss we might prob be last. It was an interesting article and compared how each squad was year to year (warriors players were under the cap by a fair margin in regards to talent and dropped in value by over a mill in the past season). Storm for example had assembled a squad that would be valued 4m over the cap if paid their actual value.

    Ill drop the article in tomorrow if anyone is interested. Our top value players were JFH(1m), Barney (800k), RTS (600k). Marata etc were valued around 420k.

    It very much says we have assembled a bunch of good/average players but lacks the star power. And probably overpaid for a lot if we are anywhere close (pre Walker release) the cap.

    I think we need to be realistic despite our last couple of wins. We would be seriously over performing if we make the top 8 this year.
     
    Wrighty said:
    :)
    1) Why Cobbo is such a a great player - don't take it for granted we see the same things you have seen
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    Speed, size, strength, balance- he’s an amazing athlete but he’s also a natural footballer- he’s got anticipation, skill- he’s got it all.
    Can make hard things look easy.


    View: https://youtu.be/GNSxqXsxZf0?si=iGkPHZ5ysjr80qIy

    Wrighty said:
    2) Why he would be a fit for a team like the warriors
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    Well football wise I think he’s perfect- we’ve got cash to splash and he’s an x factor outside back- keep in mind he’s played for qld and Australia- and he’s only 22! Rts and dwz would be ideal mentors and Webster would be a great coach for him imo.
    Culture wise it would be hard for him I’d imagine.
    Wrighty said:
    3) What position you see him coming across for
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    Well if he was coming this week wing because we’re getting desperate there.
    If they were to move cnk on at the end of the season he’s a better long term fullback option than rts or taine.

    Wrighty said:
    4) What is his ceiling.
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    Skys the limit.
    He’s one of them guys the first time u see them they just look different- in warrior terms think sj, sonny fai or dare i say it Leka.
    To make it relatable to u… starford toa?
    Hard to compare anyone to turbo though- hes like the freak of freaks- him and Inglis.
    Maybe Latrell would be a better comparison.:unsure:
     
    Well that sux. (been out of the loop all day only just caught up with this)

    Cant help the timing and you dont blame the bro if theres family issues at play. But u sort of wish this happened at the end of last season so we couldve had a clear shot at a quality signing over the off season. Also i wonder if the club wouldve let Jazz go if they knew this was in the pipeline?.Plus it just sux cause i liked the energy he bought and the way he could change the tempo with some fast leg speed round the ruck. I dont think we have anyone on the books who can play that ball distributor 13 role that him and Tohu could.

    God damn! The bald bro's, AFB, SJ, Tohu......that's 960 games of first grade experience we've lost in a matter of months! Chuck in RTS and DWZ and that's almost 1400 NRL games!!! Fark we're up against it....i think we're punching well above our weight where we're standing atm....and with all this disruption can only back the boys and wish them the best.

    If we can snake a win against the pussycats this weekend that would be awesome.
     
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    View: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0gIFJ8mPNtTEaxTWFw3AOu?si=DWLDbmWMTlKkXpRoWRilCw

    Interesting chat. Sounds like they're happy to promote from within

    Rejects any notion that the compassionate releases are an issue. That it's just a reflection of our geographical situation.
    Where we release Walker, Montoya, AFB, Aitken etc we also gain JFH, Clark, CNK.
    Apparently there have been 6 or so (kiwi?) players asking to come to the Warriors in the last 12 months, but they haven't worked out due to the salary cap.
    Also expects a couple of calls after this news of players who could be available, even from ones that he doesn't currently know are available.
     
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